Artist description Music to dance to. House and techno shakeyboy style.

Music Style Electronic - mainly house/techno

Musical Influences Funky Techno, Jazz, House, Underworld, Leftfield, LTJ Bukem, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Vangelis, Massive Attack, Derrick May, Slam, Juan Atkins, Dave Angel, Jeff Mills, Detroit Techno, Soma Records, Jamiroquai, Laurent Garnier, 20/20 Vision, Ashley Beedle, Carl Cox, Pet Shop Boys (80s not 90s), Herbie Hancock, Ian Pooley, Jazzanova, Matthew Herbert, Mo' Wax

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Artist History From the far north of Scotland, shakeyboy grew up surrounded by musical influences from both parents, encouraged to play piano and saxophone at a young age. When the rave scene of the late 80s, early 90s really kicked off he got into the dance scene and eventually, with a few mates, started DJing and promoting small nights playing mainly hardcore and house. This sparked his interest in creating music. His first sequencer, a Yamaha QY20, provided the means. Moving to Glasgow to study in 1994 exposed him to the underground techno and techhouse scene there which has become a huge influence on his music. Student loans provided a reasonable little home studio setup. Nowadays his music tastes range from jazz funk like the old Acid Jazz stuff to hard minimalist techno like Jeff Mills and everything in between.

Group Members Shakeyboy

Instruments Behringer Composer Pro, Behringer Ultrafex Pro, Korg Prophecy, Soundcraft Folio SX, Yamaha QS300, Akai S2000 with fx, Boss DR660, Alesis Nanobass, Zoom RFX2000, Novation A-Station, Novation Drumstation, PC with Cubase, Rebirth, Recycle, and a Shure SM58 mic.

Location Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - United Kingdom

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